Mayor Karen Bass accepted the Olympic flag at the Paris closing ceremony on Sunday, before handing it off to a key representative of LA's local business Tom Cruise - who in a pre-recorded trek via motorcycle, plane and parachute kicked off the countdown to 2028. The city will become the third in the world to host the games three times as it adds to the storied years of 1932 and 1984. Here's a look forward and back in time at the Olympics in LA.
Los Angeles got the 2028 games as a consolation prize when Paris was picked for 2024.
Back in 1932, LA hosted its first Olympics. The city was the only bidder for the games at a time marred by the Great Depression and the absence of several nations.
Yet memorable sport moments came from athletes including American athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias, who won gold medals in the new women's events of javelin and hurdles.
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